Quote Originally Posted by Peter Laidlericon View Post
Ironic really. The L96 got a £2,200 S&B when the next serious contender was a Bushnell for £35 (?) or so! And a very worthy contender it was. I saw one of the Bushnells used in the trials last Thursday. A bit beaten up but still serviceable...., now on a little .22 used for vermin on the Plain! Apparently, if they could have been persuaded to change the grat pattern and some other simple stuff, they'd have got the contract. Apparently Bushnell were difficult people to deal with. I think one of the US forumers spoke about this when the subject cropped up earlier.
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Interesting stuff Peter. I suppose a company selling, say, 300 scopes at £35 a pop is less inclined to bend over backwards and change things for bespoke output than someone selling them at £2k each (who knows, changing the production line might cost more than the cost of the contract). I wonder if the changes the MoD wanted were all that important.